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Module4 Unit1 Thanksgiving is my favourite festival teaching plan 1.Teaching Content:

New words: Thanksgiving, flag, Flag Day, fly, special, meal, football

Sentences:

a. Thanksgiving is my favourite festival.

b. ---What do you do on Thanksgiving?

---We always have a special meal.

---We say “thank you”

for our food, family and friends.

2. Teaching Aims:

a. Help students recognize and read the new words.

b. Help students use the sentences to describe the festival they like.

c. Help students learn some western festivals. 3. Teaching difficulties: a. the pronunciation of the new words. b. the use of the sentences“What do you do on Thanksgiving?”

We always have a special meal. We say “thank you” for our food, family and friends.” to talk about the festival. 4. Important points: a.

the understanding of the dialogue. b. the master of the new words.

5. Teaching methods: Group-working teaching method, mind-map teaching method 6. Teaching Aids: PPT, Cards, paper, flash 7. Teaching Steps: Step1. Warming-up Greetings a.

T: Today we’ll talk about festivals. T: First, let’s guess what festival is it. (T shows PPT about different festivals) S: Christmas, Halloween, New Year’s Day T: Do you like…? S:….. b.

T plays a video introducing different western festivals.

Step2.Lead-in

T: Today our friends Simon are also talking about festivals.

Let’s watch and answer what festivals are they talking about?

(T plays the video)

S: Flag Day, Thanksgiving

(T teaches the two words) Step3. Dialogue-learning

T: Daming is interested in Flag Day. So he asks a question.

What question? Ss: What do you do on Flag Day? T: Discuss in groups and help Daming find the answer. S: We fly the flag and we sing songs.

(read in groups and practice) T: Daming and Simon are talking about the Flag Day.

Do you know Simon’s favourite festival? S: Thanksgiving is my favourite festival.

(read the sentences one by one) T:Daming is interested in Thanksgiving. So he asks a question. What question? Ss:What do you do on Thanksgiving? T: Discuss in groups and find out the answer. S: We always have a special meal.

(read in groups and S teaches Ss to read.) T: What else does Simon say? S: We say “thank you” for our food, family and friends.

(read in groups and ask-answer between T and Ss.) T: After dinner, what does Simon do? S: We watch a big football game on TV.

(read in groups and ask-answer between Ss.) T: That’s the whole story today. Listen and repeat.

Step4. Practice a. T: Help me fill the blanks. ( Ss fill the blanks and anwer.) b. T: Do you understand the dialogue?

Let’s retell together.

(Ss retell in groups and show themselves in front of the whole class) c. T: We should cherish what we have and say “thank you” for our food, family and friends.

T: Let’s enjoy a video about Thanksgivingday. Step5. Homework a. read the dialogue b. Ask students to talk about the festivals they like with their classmates.